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tween the cars. They fiercely grasped me again and 

 threw me broadside from the platform of the car down 

 upon the platform of the depot. I struck heavily on 

 my side, my whole length. In this struggle they tore 

 the flesh upon my arm and legs, and they ruptured me 

 for life. The passengers swarmed out of the cars, and 

 gave me their addresses. The superintendent came up, 

 and I told him I would give him a dose of common 

 law, and see if I could not teach him something. He 

 said he would give me all the law I wanted, if I wished 

 to test the case. I then ran and jumped on the train 

 as it was in motion. The superintendent and his son 

 and another man ran after and seized me around the 

 body, stripped me off the car, and held me by main 

 strength until the train was clear of the depot. As 

 soon as they released me, I drew my through ticket 

 from my pocket, and asked them why they held me. 

 The superintendent started as though I had struck him, 

 and said, ' Why didn't you show that ticket before, sir ? ' 

 I said, ' Because it is not customary to show tickets in 

 getting on at the way-stations, and you did not give me 

 a chance.' He said, t If you had been a gentleman, you 

 would have shown that ticket.' I replied, ' I do not 

 ask your opinion as to who is a gentleman, for you are 

 no judge.' He said, ' You tried to steal your ride to 

 New Haven and sell your ticket; and now we will 

 give you all the law you want ; and we'll show you that 

 the laws in Connecticut are different from where you 

 came from.' 



" I took that for granted, and returned to New York. 

 When I reached Boston again, I attached the New 

 York and Boston express-train, partly owned by the 

 New Haven road, in the Boston and Albany depot, 



